Day 40 May 19 Sat - BeiDaQiao to HongLiuYuan

Rocky mountain high reminds me of my favourite deceased country singer-John Denver
Men stop wondering what is that "nipple" on top !
Wild plants found on this hard land

We did not go to LiuYuan which is 5 km away from the main road . This is HongLiuYuan which we stayed

Chinese muslim lady operating a restaurant
Muslim man are very proud with their beard
Lamb spicy soup fpr 5 rmb cheaper than our Malaysian "pan mee"
Free hot tea served in a disposible thin soft plastic cup with a hard plastic stand
Taking a rest on the climb

Today's Distance: 68 km
Average Speed: 10.5 max: 20.0
Time on Bike: 6 hr 27 min
Ave climb: 2% max:27%
Trip altitude: 1301 m max: 1775 m
Today's spending: 60.0 rmb
Total Distance to date: 2740 km
Total spending to date:2332 rmb

If yesterday's wind is "kind" Today's one is a "torture",no more highway,no more tailwind,we are back to our old G312 road with a strong right side/head wind from the east,while we heading more to the north.There is a constant force that tried to push the bike to the middle of road,that is very dangerous! Besides your hands holding a firm grid on the handle bar ,your eyes often need to look at the rear mirror for the back coming trucks. There is no towns or villages to rest and the only sensible place is to hide beside the bridge to have our breaks. There are just too many hills that we had to climb and the last 15km to HongLiuYuan is a series of rock mountains,today's distance is only 68km compared to yesterday's 183 ,but it's a lot more tiring and exhausting!

Ta